Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 7hYou don’t have to be @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social to realize Sorkin needs a tailor. 1100
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 10hVanishingly few email advertisements have any influence on me, with one exception: 050
Reposted by Alan ZilbermanNate Jones @kn8.bsky.social · 12hNo one will ever sum up DIGGER than @bilgeebiri.bsky.social remarking that the movie feels "like being stuck inside a tuba for two hours." www.vulture.com/article/revi...vulture.comDigger Is a Brazen Act of Self-SabotageThe Tom Cruise-starring climate change satire is a torturous experience — sometimes purposefully so, often unintentionally so. 2318
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 14hThis is why I was *RELIEVED* in fall 2001 when I discovered The Strokes. 440
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 15hThe feel-good musical Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! is such a departure from the director's last film, the grim thriller Catch the Fair One, that I think you should watch them back-to-back just so you can marvel at the skill and varied sensibility involved. My @spectrumculture.bsky.social review.spectrumculture.comHa-Chan, Shake Your Booty! - Spectrum CultureThis is a charming character-driven musical where the singular focus on its hero is a strength and a weakness. 021
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lots of fun discussion here! Now I’m seated to see Charli XCX for the sixth time. The venue is piping in her own music before her opener starts. You know what? Props. 250
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A mistrial in the Trayon White case is just the most DC thing to happen, ever. 150
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I asked the usual suspects - my horror-obsessed friends who have my home address - and none of them claim credit. Who sent me the creepy postcard? 041
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Gen Z moviegoers are trying to claim Robert Pattinson, a 40-year-old millennial, as their own. This is shameless swagger-jacking, just like how Gen Z fans try to claim Charli XCX. But when I was dancing to "I Love It" in sweaty clubs in the early 2010s, I certainly didn't see any middle schoolers. 1119510
Reposted by Alan ZilbermanRory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 27/09/2026people on some parts of the internet are having a really hard time dealing with the movie Primetime and it reminded me of this post. 61082132
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026At this point, though, if someone contends they’ve never even heard of “Ghost with a Boner” or Diarrhea Planet, it may say more about the listener than the song. Or, for that matter, what they want to project to the world.youtu.bediarrhea planet - ghost with a boner!YouTube video by raiders545 181
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Someone sent me an anonymous Sutter Cane postcard. I’m both flattered, and kind of creeped out. 160
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just got to the New Girl episode where Alan Ritchson plays an attractive douchebag with a micropenis. I think you can make the case this is part of the Reacher origin story. 020
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I would watch the shit out of this movie. Fever Year — Awards contender, 97/100, $254M tentpolegame.com/m/r0ufW8K13zJa 160
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I was told by one of my editors that a distributor wasn’t happy with my latest review. Well, I’m not happy with their bad movie. It’s not my fault it sucked. 0150
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026What about piss and shit? Guess there’s always the sink. 150
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Look, they’re never going to win an award that matters, so I can’t begrudge them taking what they can get. 031
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This not the gotcha you think it is. The predominantly English-speaking voters gave a list of their unranked favorites, which means frequency matters more than placement, and the list is a result of a *literal* popularity contest. If you want a more international list, check out Sight and Sound. 180
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A rare week where all the posters are killer in their own distinct way. 040
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 25/09/202610 shows I love that didn't make the list: Wonderfalls Brotherhood Terriers Rubicon Unbelievable Bob's Burgers Borgen The Knick New Girl Wondershowzen 370
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's kind of funny to me people chose shows that are known for being uneven. The Arrested Development seasons on Netflix were awful! Remember how Game of Thrones ended? And so forth. 342
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This same user later claimed any criticism of his conduct is ableist. 150
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I didn't think I care about placement in the New York Times TV list, then I saw The Americans was ranked below Girls, The Office (both versions), and Game of Thrones. Fix it!static.klipy.com 0181
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026New Gilla Band album!!! They might be my favorite band, or close to it. The way they push punk and dance music to its noisiest limits, while still preserving some semblance of structure, is arresting and weirdly beautiful. Their lyrics are funny to boot. I can't wait to see them again in November.gillaband.bandcamp.comPugnello, by Gilla Band10 track album 050
Reposted by Alan ZilbermanPadRock @padrock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You know what movie I love? That famous ode to how great and fulfilling masculinity is: THE GODFATHER. Just think of the fantastic lives all the men in it lead! 142
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026David Thomson's sneering criticism is equal parts irritating and lazy. His bad-faith reading of film history is all but indistinguishable from Noah Berlatsky at his worst, except Thomson also favors dumb rhetorical questions. I am baffled that so many critics find any value in this book. 260
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Last night I watched this prescient allegory about what happens when we let AI take over the classroom. 120
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Brian Gibson, the bass player for Lightning Bolt. The bass tone is just so fucking cool to me, and pushes the limit of how the instrument can sound.youtu.beLightning Bolt - The Metal East / Blow To The Head / USA Is A Psycho - Live at Le Guess Who?YouTube video by Le Guess Who? 010
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If you're in the DC area and want to catch a movie this weekend, I highly recommend Death Has No Master, a moody gorgeously shot thriller set in the Venezuela jungle. It's playing as part of AFI's Latin American Film Festival tomorrow and Thursday.washingtoncitypaper.comDads, Dogs, and Coups—Oh My! Latin American Film Fest Returns to AFI SilverThis year’s LAFF, running Sept. 16 to Oct. 7, features a lineup of intense, observant films about inherited and adopted families. 020
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The business of showing how sick children might forget their problems and find moments of brief joy is above director George Jaques' talents, so his shallow sensibilities are worse than amateurish. They are false. 010
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Last Night I watched The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing, a highly sanitized crime drama about a real "trial of the century" that's so bizarre/lurid I am surprised Ryan Murphy hasn't made it into a miniseries. Seriously: a prominent architect was shot in public on the roof of Madison Square Garden!en.wikipedia.orgEvelyn Nesbit - Wikipedia 040
Reposted by Alan ZilbermanJosh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Two things can be true. 1) This is a good trailer! 2) A24 should proofread its ads. Unless “you think you you” know you’re not making any mistakes. 4424
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Sunny Dancer purports to be a feel-good dramedy about a summer camp for kids in recovery from cancer. I found it loathsome, inauthentic, tedious, and only capable of producing crocodile tears. It also has some truly awful needle drops. My @spectrumculture.bsky.social review.spectrumculture.comSunny Dancer - Spectrum CultureIn his effort to make a coming-of-age dramedy about kids with cancer, George Jaques rarely strikes anything that approaches authenticity in Sunny Dancer. 021
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, not without humor, but somehow I doubt Robert Eggers realizes or cares about that. 140
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The indie bands Slow Pulp and Slow Fiction both released new albums in the past month. I need them to tour together, then make their walk-on music Dick Dale's "Miserlou" played at 0.25 speed. 070
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I am not reviewing Primetime this week, so I gathered my thoughts on @letterboxd.social. Once started seeing parallels to Boogie Nights, I couldn't really stop. They both deploy a similar unseemly gaze, to the point where I wouldn't say Primetime is really about journalism.letterboxd.comA ★★★½ review of Primetime (2026)A clever inversion of Boogie Nights, complete with evolving video formats and a naive POV character who has Hollywood aspirations, where Oppenheim critiques on a different kind of unseemly gaze, and n... 031
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Looking at this list again, I realize I am sucker for workplace dramas and comedies. I also could have another list with entirely different shows. 10 honorable mentions: Documentary Now, Chernobyl, The Shield, Deadwood, Borgen, Justified, Catastrophe, Silicon Valley, Somebody Somewhere, The Knick. 200
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 22/09/202610 best shows of 21st century: Mad Men The Americans The Wire It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia The Leftovers Superstore Better Call Saul Difficult People Watchmen Bob’s Burgers 5130
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026TFW you will miss the early screening of Digger because you're going to see Charli XCX perform that night.static.klipy.com 020
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I know media literacy is a widespread problem nowadays, but if you find yourself watching movies through this lens, please stop posting and read a book or something. 191
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We need a moratorium on "Dreams" appearing in your dramedy until we can figure out what is going on. 1101
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Two of the films I am reviewing this week feature dance sequences set to “Dreams” by The Cranberries. Music supervisors everywhere, I implore you, please find a new song for when you need bittersweet whimsy. 3320
Alan Zilberman @alanzilberman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026What do you think the extra “A” stands for? 440
Reposted by Alan ZilbermanKliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Watching IFC in my hotel room because they always show my favorite indie films. If I had to pick one, I guess my favorite indie film is seven straight reruns of Night Court. 612010
